Violence Experienced by Nurses’ Aides in Nursing Homes

Lusk, Sally L.

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“…In the United States, nursing is among the fastest-growing professions (Silvestri & Lukasiewicz, 19851, and evidence suggests that job-stress risks may be especially pronounced among nurses. In addition to the myriad stressors, ranging from high responsibility for people to infectious disease exposure, faced by most health care professionals, recent studies have indicated that nurses may also be at high risk for exposure to violence by patients (Lipscomb, 1992;Lusk, 1992). In a 1993 survey of working conditions and health in 10,000 nurses, rates of stress-related disease (hypertension, cardiovascular disease, ulcers, and colitis) and affective disturbances (exhaustion-fatigue, tension, depression, and sleep disturbances) were found to be substantially higher among nurses than in the general population (Service Employees International Union, 1993).…”

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The changing face of work and stress.

Sauter

Murphy

1995

Organizational Risk Factors for Job Stress.

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several important contributions to the field of job stress. It provided the first comparative analysis of psychological job demands and health across multiple occupations. It also provided an initial test of the personenvironment fit theory of job stress. Perhaps of greatest importance, however, was that the study defined an array of what have been subsequently referred to as workplace psychosocial factors, which influenced future investigation and understanding of job-stress risk factors. Included among these factors are nowfamiliar constructs such as job complexity; workload and workload variability; opportunity for skill utilization; social support from work peers, supervisors, and family; role clarity; and so on.This taxonomy of psychosocial factors has been extensively incorporated in subsequent stress research and theory (e.g., Hurrell & Murphy, 1992), and there is still concerted study of such factors as work roles, social support, and so on in the etiology of job stress. However, in the 20 years since the seminal research by the Institute for Social Research, there have been important theoretical developments that have influenced the way risk factors for job stress are conceptualized. For example, as illustrated in Robert Rosen's Foreword to this volume, there is an increasing focus on more global aspects of organizational design and function (e.g., organizational climate) as determinants of worker well-being. Additionally, there have been dramatic changes in the structure of work, such as the emergence of the service sector, that have brought new types of stressors to bear on the workforce. The purpose of this volume is to highlight developments in both of these areas (i.e., in the way we look at risk factors for job stress conceptually and in the nature of stressors confronting today's workforce).The volume begins with a series of chapters that bring a new perspective to occupational-stress research in terms of the way psychosocial risk factors for occupational stress and health are characterized. In contrast to a focus on 1

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“…Other studies have focused on the frequency and circumstances of assaults in specific industries and occupations: health care settings (Bensley, Nelson, Kaufman, Silverstein, & Kalat, 1993;Lipscomb & Love, 1992;Lusk, 1992;Mahoney, 1991), social service agencies (Civil Service Employees Association, 1993; Bowie, 1989;Rowett, 1986), convenience stores (Erickson, 1991;Schreiber, 19911, and law enforcement (Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] , 1992; Uchida, Brooks, & Koper, 1987). These studies are useful in suggesting workplace-specific prevention strategies (Castillo, 1995).…”

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Workplace violence: Its scope and the issues.

Bulatao¹,

VandenBos²

1996

Violence on the Job: Identifying Risks and Developing Solutions.

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The American preoccupation with crime has come indoors. As dramatic stories about workplace violence have inundated the media, shock at crime in the office has supplemented hysteria about crime in the streets. But despite the explosion of concern, workplace violence is not a new phenomenon, but an enduring aspect of what appears to be a stable trend in crime.Determining the actual facts about workplace violence is difficult. There is no agreement on what constitutes workplace violence. Misinformation and myth have followed in the emotional wake of recent workplace violence incidents. In this introduction, we will present an overview of the book, as well as underline the key facts about the incidence, importance, and costs of workplace violence.The first issue is how broadly to define violence. A fairly narrow def-

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Burnout: current knowledge and relevance to old age psychiatry

Benbow¹

1998

Int. J. Geriat. Psychiatry

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Violence Experienced by Nurses’ Aides in Nursing Homes

Cited by 33 publications

References 8 publications

The changing face of work and stress.

The changing face of work and stress.

Workplace violence: Its scope and the issues.

Burnout: current knowledge and relevance to old age psychiatry

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